hiramfromthechi

@hiramfromthechi@mastodon.social

Building a better web for all of us.

Open sourcing at https://www.Baserow.io

Solopreneur:
📈 https://www.OptikAnalytics.com
🏀 https://www.InThePaintCrew.com
👨‍💻 https://www.Swyftlight.com
📱 https://www.SwapMyOS.com
🍪 https://www.CookieSlayers.com
📆 https://www.NoCodeCalendar.com
👕 https://www.TeeTweets.com (sold)

💬 I post about #startups, #privacy, #infosec, #nocode, #buildinpublic, #socialmedia, #opensource, #cybersecurity, public-interest technology, + more

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hiramfromthechi, to marketing

What do you think of when you hear the term "ethical marketing"?

Is it important to you that the companies you buy from operate ethically?

hiramfromthechi,

@Rana Good thoughts/questions. Everything comes at a cost, and everyone has opinions about how something should be conducted.

That's ethics at it's core—competing conceptions of the good, constructed by our own morals, biases, and ethics.

"Perfect" doesn't exist, and it's impossible to please everyone, so it's a constant balance of tradeoffs. Everyone's gonna value something different. 💭

AAKL, to meta

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    hiramfromthechi,

    @AAKL @itnewsbot It seems to be abundantly clear that these LLMs have been trained on proprietary, stolen, and/or copyrighted data...

    hiramfromthechi,

    @AAKL @itnewsbot Yet another black box that affects us all 🤧👎

    hiramfromthechi,

    @AAKL @itnewsbot Well-said. It's not dead, but it's also wildly difficult and unsustainable to track and manage.

    At its core, due to outdated and continuously-lagging legislation—especially in the US.

    hiramfromthechi, to internet

    The dead Internet theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content that is manipulated by algorithmic curation, marginalizing organic human activity.

    Proponents of the theory believe these bots are created intentionally to help manipulate algorithms and boost search results in order to ultimately manipulate consumers.

    #internet #socialmedia #twitter #youtube #facebook #tiktok

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-02-28/twitter-x-fighting-bot-problem-as-ai-spam-floods-the-internet/103498070

    hiramfromthechi, to random

    There's only a handful of people who could enter a presidential race at the very last moment, and still win it. This is one of those people.

    hiramfromthechi, to privacy

    Isn't this essentially admitting defeat against the privacy-invading practices of these websites? 🤨

    https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/1/brave-to-sunset-strict-fingerprinting-protection-mode-as-it-breaks-too-many-websites/

    #privacy #security #infosec #brave #firefox #browsers #browser

    hiramfromthechi,

    @meejah true, and given their whole cryptocurrency mining fiasco, it's safe to say they've lost a lotta the trust they had built with the privacy and security communities.

    hiramfromthechi, to music

    What song you got on repeat right now?

    I’ll start: KXNG Crooked - Order 66 (Musar)

    If you’re into lyrics, syllables, cadences, and wordplay, this song is for you.

    #music #lyrics #hiphop #rap #wordplay
    https://yewtu.be/watch?v=43GRS5LnVZw

    AdamBishop, to opensource
    @AdamBishop@floss.social avatar

    Certainly not in spirit of open source is this from GitHub 🫤

    "Microsoft is Locking Down Search for Public Code on GitHub"

    https://news.itsfoss.com/microsoft-github-open-source-code/

    #OpenSource

    hiramfromthechi,

    @AdamBishop Crazy how the biggest repository of open source software is not open source and moving against open source principles...

    cragsand, to mastodon
    @cragsand@mastodon.social avatar

    One year #anniversary since I signed up for #Mastodon! :mastodon: 🎉

    Been trying my best to convince mutuals to try it out to varying success (or failure). But even without moving I've found many new individuals, especially passionate developers and scientists.

    I've also learned to rely less on the fragility of corporate solutions. One of the biggest takeaway for me is probably realizing the concept and pattern of #enshittification of all public companies.

    To many more years on the #fediverse!

    hiramfromthechi,

    @cragsand once you start noticing those patterns and recognizing them across platforms, you never wanna go through it again

    nakdim, to DeGoogle

    Minimizing (as much as possible) my digital footprint to all nasty services. I and myself (I had forgotten how many accounts I was using) and I feel good! Thank you @Em0nM4stodon @madargon for helping with their posts on these issues :D Let's get our back! (As much as we can anyway)

    hiramfromthechi,

    @nakdim @Em0nM4stodon @madargon It really bothers me that many/most employers require LinkedIn. We shouldn't be subjected to a platform's invasive and unethical business practices for employment.

    hiramfromthechi, to privacy

    Any device that needs to be off because it can't be trusted with your conversations should not exist in the first place.

    hiramfromthechi,

    @anderspuck that's part of the issue here.. they're equating "muted" with "isn't listening," which isn't the same thing.

    If something is muted, it means it's not producing volume. But just cause it's not producing volume doesn't mean it's not listening.

    If it's "muted" in the sense that it can't hear you, there's still no way to confirm this is actually the case.

    These devices are always "passively" listening anyways, which means they're listening for the "wake" word to "actively" listen. 👁️👁️

    hiramfromthechi,

    @NatureMC the EU certainly has a much better track record then the rest of the world when it comes to digital privacy and security. Let's hope that continues.

    hiramfromthechi,

    @adnan @chris 🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

    hiramfromthechi,

    @tantramar @paulc 🤣

    hiramfromthechi,

    @happyborg lol good analogy

    hiramfromthechi, to twitter

    💡 Understand the closed-source and centralized nature of Twitter and its impact on freedom
    💡 Explore the consequences of a restrictive API and the loss of ownership
    💡 Learn about issues in biometrics, data mining, and surveillance
    💡 Discover the limitations of controlling your social graph and the invasive nature of ads
    💡 Delve into the anti-free speech and anti-net neutrality practices

    #twitter #opensource #privacy #security #infosec #decentralization #freedom
    https://www.hiram.io/blog/goodbye-twitter-everything-that-went-wrong

    hiramfromthechi, to UX

    It's deuces ✌️

    #ux #internet #enshittification #web #memes

    melissabeartrix, to random
    @melissabeartrix@aus.social avatar

    Any suggestions for a note taking app on Android ... prefer not from a big ass company ... hugz

    Hugz & xXx

    hiramfromthechi,

    @melissabeartrix no affiliation to this company whatsoever, just a big fan:

    https://crypt.ee

    hiramfromthechi, to privacy

    💡 New startup idea that I wanna workshop publicly 👇

    📲 SwapMyOS: a GrapheneOS installation service

    #privacy #security #grapheneos #cybersecurity #startups #indiehacker #buildinpublic

    hiramfromthechi,

    @BigAngBlack You mail in your device, and I'll put GOS on it.

    Whether it's an old device or a new one, well that's your call.

    hiramfromthechi,

    @BigAngBlack

    > Does that included devices that cant unlock bootloader

    Nope, the device must allow the bootloader to be unlocked.

    > dont have a Graphene image available currently

    Yes, it would include devices that don't have a GrapheneOS image on it currently. That's the point of the service. :)

    hiramfromthechi,

    @BigAngBlack If the bootloader can be unlocked, then you can theoretically put GrapheneOS on it.

    With that said, GOS officially only supports the Pixel line due to its chip and other security standards.

    And yep, I'll manually install GOS on each and every device individually.

    Oh, and I'll also kick back a percentage of the revenue back to GrapheneOS to keep the project funded.

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